Cultural Transmission

Cultural Transmission covers psychological, developmental, social, and methodological research on how cultural information is socially transmitted from one generation to the next within families. Studying processes of cultural transmission may help analyze the continuity or change of cultures, including those that have to cope with migration or the collapse of a political system. An evolutionary perspective is elaborated in the first part of the book; the second takes a cross-cultural perspective by presenting international research on development and intergenerational relations in the family; the third provides intra-cultural analyses of mechanisms and methodological aspects of cultural transmission. Made up of contributions by experts in the field, this state-of-the-art source book is intended for anyone with interests in cultural issues - especially researchers and teachers in disciplines such as psychology, social and behavioral sciences, and education - and for applied professionals in culture management and family counseling, as well as professionals dealing with migrants.

Author: Ute Schönpflug
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/10/2008
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780521706575

About the Author
Schönpflug, Ute: - Ute Schönpflug is a member of the Free University of Berlin's Department of Psychology and Adjunct Member of the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado. She is also Associate Editor of the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology and is author of Psychologie des Erst- und Zweitspracherwerbs (Psychology of First and Second Language Acquisition).